Uttam Supriya - Non romantic

Was watching Chowringee, the 1968 B/W Bangla film.

Uttam Kumar and Supriya were in the movie but not paired against each other. I can think of Baag Bandir Khela and Jodi Jantem, where the two are starring in the movie, but not paired against each other.

Any other movies like this?

Have Amitabh/ Jaya or Dharam/ Hema done movies where they were together , but not paired against each other? In Krodhi, Hema Malini just did a guest appearance, so not sure if that counts, and Andhaa Kanoon had Dharam as a truck driver (guest role).

Guddhi and Piya ka Ghar had Amitabh Bachhan and Jaya - both movies had Amitabh in Guest Appearance.

Manihara - Movie

Saw this movie over the weekend. It was nice.

I had some reservations about redoing a classic - a classic short spooky story by Tagore. A story which was also the second film, Satyajit Ray's Teen Kanya.

Some changes had made been made to make the story modern. An industrialist's wife is missing when he comes home from a tour. The film has a detective (retd. CBI officer) investigating this. The investigating officer meets a person in a village where his car breaks down. In the conversation between the passenger and the investigating officer, the movie unfolds.

For people who know what happened in Manihara, there is not much of a suspense. Its a good thriller.

Some loose ends are there and too many characters. Biswanath is wasted, the comic relief was not really needed.

Overall a nice watch on a Saturday.

Shondhe Naamar Aage

I saw the movie last weekend. I had tried to look up the movie on the internet before watching and could not find much.

A NRI girl is convinced her father did not kill her mother, and feels her father was wrongfully hanged. So tries to find out who was the killer.

So much for a one line story which was interesting. When I checked out the cast it had Palash Sen, the singer doing his Bengali cinema debut and Rahul Bose as the main lead. The NRI girl was Nusrat, the Bengali actress. So anyway, I decided to watch it.

Bad Acting. Nusrat with a forced american accent. Rahul Bose who is supposedly dumb (and not deaf) was not good either. And the movie was a bad thriller. There was no suspense. Towards the end you did not really care who the killer was.

It is not easy making a thriller. It has to be tight. The editing crisp. Well, the story wasnt that great but it could have been built up in a better manner.

So If nothing better to do, watch it. Better than a time pass movie, but not a thriller.

Nice movie - Awakening

Saw this movie this weekend. The Awakening.

Loved the movie.

It is a spooky movie and it built the atmosphere well. The kind of spooky movie, where they do not have gory faces - the kind that I like.

Loved everything except the last 20 minutes which I think became a bit predictable.

Overall - Enjoyable.